Ten years ago, General Damastes pledged eternal loyalty to the wizard Tenedos and his vision of a unified, peaceful Numantia. Tenedos became emperor, but peace never came...for the violent suppression of peasant revolts and the slaughter of outlaw sorcerers soon stained the Seer King's reign with blood.

Now Tenedos has gathered an army of millions for war against a kingdom far larger and more powerful than Numantia. And when Damastes tries to stop the apocalypse, he will uncover dark, horrifying secrets about the man he's sworn to serve-the bargain the Seer King made to gain an empire, and the price yet to be paid...